Daily Archives: August 20, 2015

ISLAMABAD: In a move that has blocked the disbursement of the next tranche of Coalition Support Fund (CSF), the United States has told Pakistan that it would not be certifying to the Congress that its (Pakistani) counter-terrorism operation in North Waziristan damaged the Haqqani network. This was conveyed by the ...

At least nine Palestinian refugees from Syria drowned off the coast of Turkey after their boat capsized. The boat was carrying at least 40 Palestinians from the Yarmouk refugee camp in southern Syria when it capsized on Wednesday. According to reports, the boat had set out from Lebanon after arriving there from ...

A high-ranking Iranian Navy commander says the country’s naval forces have successfully saved two merchant vessels from pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of crisis-stricken Yemen. The Iranian Navy’s Second-in-Command Rear Admiral Seyyed Mahmoud Mousavi said on Thursday that a cargo ship, whose nationality he did not ...

NEW DELHI: Three Kashmiri separatist leaders who were placed under house arrest earlier today (Thursday) have now been freed, indicating confusion on the issue, said a report published on NDTV. The two-hour house arrests came days before a meeting scheduled in New Delhi with Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Sartaj ...

GUJRAT – Police and intelligence agencies have seized a weapons-laden vehicle and arrested two suspected terrorists during joint action in Gujrat today (Thursday). Addressing a press conference, DPO Gujrat Rai Zameerul Haq said a mini truck bearing number plate JY-0317 was stopped near a checkpoint at Shaheen Chowk. The law ...